Synonyms of craziness

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noun (1)

as in insanity

lack of good sense or judgment

this latest example of juvenile craziness does not incline us to trust you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insanity
• madness
• simplicity
• absurdity
• wackiness
• zaniness
• foolishness
• silliness
• nuttiness
• lunacy
• daftness
• preposterousness
• inanity
• stupidness
• fatuousness
• unwisdom
• imbecility
• nonsensicalness
• dottiness
• witlessness
• balminess
• stupidity
• brainlessness
• senselessness
• idiocy
• asininity
• folly
• fatuity
• ridiculousness
• dullness
• dippiness
• irrationality
• simpleness
• slowness
• dumbness
• mindlessness
• obtuseness
• unreasonableness
• dopiness
• feeblemindedness
• denseness
• weirdness
• kookiness
• oafishness
• doltishness
• simplemindedness
• ludicrousness
• fallacy
• gormlessness
• vacuity
• dim-wittedness
• laughableness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sanity
• wisdom
• prudence
• soundness
• sagacity
• rationality
• validity
• reasonableness
• sensibleness
• sapience
• perception
• reasonability
• logicality
• insight
• sageness
• sagaciousness
• discernment
• logicalness
• rationalness
• percipience

crazy

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adjective (1)

ˈkrā-zē 

1

as in foolish

showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment

a crazy plan to climb Mount Everest without proper equipment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• foolish
• stupid
• silly
• mad
• absurd
• idiotic
• irrational
• ridiculous
• lunatic
• dumb
• fool
• wacky
• unreasonable
• zany
• insane
• loony
• nutty
• simple
• kooky
• nonsensical
• wacko
• asinine
• cuckoo
• daft
• unwise
• weak
• preposterous
• slow
• daffy
• fatuous
• gaga
• unreasoning
• dippy
• batty
• jerky
• senseless
• sappy
• out to lunch
• screwball
• harebrained
• crackpot
• witless
• dotty
• inept
• simpleminded
• barmy
• crackbrained
• loony tunes
• brainless
• weak-minded
• balmy
• cockeyed
• moronic
• meshuga
• half-baked
• tomfool
• unreasoned
• bubbleheaded
• illogical
• dull
• lunkheaded
• featherheaded
• fruity
• clueless
• thoughtless
• half-witted
• imbecile
• dense
• dopey
• ludicrous
• unintelligent
• dorky
• mindless
• obtuse
• feebleminded
• brain-dead
• opaque
• dim
• vacuous
• lamebrain
• doltish
• invalid
• thickheaded
• laughable
• thick
• pinheaded
• fallacious
• dunderheaded
• farcical
• empty-headed
• oafish
• nonrational
• soft
• softheaded
• unsound
• surd
• gormless
• knuckleheaded
• clownish
• dim-witted
• chuckleheaded
• airheaded
• notional
• slow-witted
• ill-advised
• boobish
• buffoonish
• chowderheaded
• birdbrained
• unconsidered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• wise
• sound
• sane
• sensible
• prudent
• reasonable
• judicious
• clever
• intelligent
• smart
• bright
• valid
• logical
• rational
• sagacious
• sage
• sapient
• brainy
• well-advised

2

as in excited

showing urgent desire or interest

crazy for the latest entertainment news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• excited
• enthusiastic
• avid
• eager
• anxious
• hungry
• keen
• nuts
• ardent
• pumped
• impatient
• happy
• bonkers
• greedy
• wild
• great
• thirsty
• enthused
• interested
• desirous
• voracious
• antsy
• solicitous
• gung ho
• stoked
• ready
• agog
• geeked
• juiced
• hot
• hopped-up
• chomping at the bit
• champing at the bit
• gaga
• obsessed
• willing
• raring
• hepped up
• engaged
• ambitious
• athirst
• longing
• glad
• restless
• covetous
• craving
• pining
• breathless
• restive
• game
• amenable
• appetent
• inclined
• hankering
• hung up
• unreluctant
• disposed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• indifferent
• apathetic
• casual
• unenthusiastic
• unconcerned
• uninterested
• nonchalant
• disinterested
• aloof
• detached
• incurious
• insouciant
• reluctant
• impassive
• stolid
• hesitant
• lackadaisical
• unwilling
• lukewarm
• uneager
• languid
• averse
• halfhearted
• languorous
• spiritless
• loath
• disinclined

3

as in bizarre

different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion

a downtown musician with crazy notions of what's stylish and what's not

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bizarre
• weird
• strange
• funny
• odd
• curious
• erratic
• peculiar
• remarkable
• eccentric
• unusual
• abnormal
• wacky
• wild
• screwy
• kooky
• off-the-wall
• unique
• quirky
• outlandish
• kinky
• funky
• offbeat
• unconventional
• quaint
• queer
• outrageous
• weirdo
• cranky
• uncommon
• out-of-the-way
• outré
• rare
• extraordinary
• way-out
• far-out
• bizarro
• rum
• fantastic
• off-kilter
• freaky
• freak
• queerish
• outstanding
• freakish
• shocking
• phenomenal
• spaced-out
• flaky
• noticeable
• aberrant
• atypical
• striking
• prominent
• out-there
• conspicuous
• phantasmagoric
• notable
• singular
• idiosyncratic
• puzzling
• perplexing
• baffling
• unwonted
• atrocious
• salient
• unorthodox
• bewildering
• confounding
• nonconformist
• crotchety
• mystifying
• uncustomary
• addlepated
• nonmainstream

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• normal
• typical
• ordinary
• usual
• average
• standard
• everyday
• commonplace
• routine
• garden
• conservative
• prosaic
• conventional
• unremarkable
• familiar
• predictable
• unexceptional
• run-of-the-mill
• common
• regular
• expected
• workaday
• frequent
• conformist
• customary
• habitual
• knee-jerk
• wonted

4

as in absurd

conceived or made without regard for reason or reality

the mansion is a crazy construction of several different styles

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bizarre
• absurd
• insane
• foolish
• unreal
• strange
• fantastic
• wild
• fanciful
• ridiculous
• nonsensical
• incredible
• curious
• preposterous
• weird
• funny
• off the wall
• odd
• peculiar
• grotesque
• unbelievable
• eccentric
• inconceivable
• implausible
• unthinkable
• unimaginable
• extravagant
• wacky
• quirky
• outlandish
• ludicrous
• kinky
• queer
• surreal
• screwy
• quaint
• laughable
• kooky
• nightmarish
• out-of-the-way
• farcical
• outré
• way-out
• far-out
• Alice-in-Wonderland
• dreamlike
• bizarro
• queerish
• Kafkaesque

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reasonable
• realistic

5

as in insane

usually offensive unable to think in a clear or sensible way

started yelling in the middle of the store like a crazy man

Synonyms & Similar Words

• insane
• psychotic
• mad
• maniacal
• nuts
• mental
• crazed
• psycho
• disturbed
• demented
• deranged
• unhinged
• loco
• irrational
• unbalanced
• nutty
• strange
• around the bend
• foolish
• eccentric
• bonkers
• daft
• batty
• out to lunch
• cracked
• obsessed
• certifiable
• haywire
• off
• depressed
• non compos mentis
• brainsick
• unreasonable
• queer
• ballistic
• fey
• unsound
• distraught
• frantic
• loopy
• bats
• distracted
• crackers
• off one's gourd
• wud
• delusional
• off one's rocker
• hysterical
• delirious
• off one's head
• oddball
• odd
• disordered
• nuclear
• delusionary
• out of one's head
• dotty
• aberrant
• touched
• berserk
• pixilated
• potty
• witless
• raving
• frenzied
• teched
• monomaniacal
• ape
• senseless
• fixated
• monomaniac
• bananas
• wigged-out
• amok

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sane
• sound
• reasonable
• balanced
• rational
• clear
• normal
• wise
• sensible
• uncrazy
• lucid
• compos mentis
• judicious
• healthy
• well-adjusted
• unneurotic

6

as in uneven

inclined or twisted to one side

surrounded by crazy stacks of books, she began writing her paper

Synonyms & Similar Words

• uneven
• tilted
• crooked
• oblique
• skewed
• lopsided
• awry
• tipping
• listing
• out of plumb
• pitched
• off-kilter
• askew
• slanted
• distorted
• unbalanced
• slanting
• asymmetrical
• cockeyed
• unsymmetrical
• aslant
• atilt
• cock-a-hoop
• disordered
• slantwise
• contorted
• irregular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• even
• regular
• level
• uniform
• orderly
• balanced
• ordered
• symmetrical

7

as in twisted

marked by a long series of irregular curves

walked down a crazy path deep in the woods to a secluded swimming hole

Synonyms & Similar Words

• twisted
• winding
• curved
• twisting
• curving
• serpentine
• tortuous
• crooked
• devious
• curvy
• sinuous
• windy
• bending
• curling
• curled
• jagged
• spiral
• swirling
• zigzag
• spiraling
• uneven
• coiled
• rambling
• circling
• indirect
• coiling
• looping
• zigzagging
• roundabout
• circuitous
• wandering
• corkscrew
• irregular
• meandering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• linear
• direct
• straightaway

crazy

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noun (2)

as in revolutionary

a person who favors rapid and sweeping changes especially in laws and methods of government

beleaguered government officials tried to dismiss the protesters as a bunch of crazies

Synonyms & Similar Words

• revolutionary
• extremist
• rebel
• radical
• revolutionist
• reformer
• anarchist
• leftist
• insurgent
• red
• lefty
• reformist
• progressive
• separatist
• agitator
• subversive
• young Turk
• secessionist
• separationist
• insurrectionist
• anarch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• moderate
• conservative
• Tory
• reactionary
• traditionalist
• rightist
• middle-of-the-roader
• standpatter
• fuddy-duddy

crazy (about or over)

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adjective (2)

as in mad (about)

filled with an intense or excessive love for

he's just crazy about that new drummer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mad (about)
• sweet on
• infatuated (with)
• nuts (about)
• gone (on)
• obsessed
• besotted (by)
• enraptured (by)
• enamored (of)
• dotty (over)
• gaga (over)
• fascinated
• charmed
• stuck on
• enchanted
• hung up (on)
• silly
• foolish
• wild
• entranced
• bewitched
• captivated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cool
• detached
• unimpressed
• disillusioned
• disenchanted
• unenchanted
• heart-free

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of craziness

Noun

After Thursday night’s Charlotte craziness, in which both ACC Tournament quarterfinals in the evening session were decided by a single point, Friday night instead brought back-to-back blowouts, as Virginia rolled past Miami in the first game. —Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 14 Mar. 2026

Mullins has seen just about all of it by now, national games at neutral sites, craziness at Gampel and in Hartford, the most intimidating of environments on the road at Kansas, Creighton, and the Big East Tournament. —Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026

Adjective

Moments like a crazy fumble by running back Jashaun Corbin after his longest carry of the first half of seven yards. —Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2026

In Joseph Heller’s novel, claiming to be crazy is taken as evidence of sanity. —Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026

Noun

Doyle’s message to stir-crazy, nature-seeking folks: Feel free to hike and enjoy the great outdoors. —Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, 25 Apr. 2020

There are four types of winter drivers: plodders, joggers, speeders and crazies. —cleveland, 8 Feb. 2020

Phrases Containing craziness

• crazy (about or over)
• crazy quilt
• like crazy